Daily Republican., 1887-12-30


Of Labor IL may as well be upders,cod
now, and from this time on, that everv
wheel that Ia turned on the PssdtnS
81 stem will bs turned under tha orsers
Oh the Management Of the COMPANY and
oIaef the c'ders OF nobody else"
THEY WILL NOT STRIKE.
Local Assembly 9 $50. comprising all
ths iTeiah, steveduIes, engineers, con.
drHiors, hrhhemeu and other AnIghts
o' Labor enplOses on tho philsdelphig
division, Including Pennsylvania ave
noe, Ninth and Greea streets, and WI
low and Noble areals wharves, the
largest local assembly on the EgaiinR
syh1en y" d very large mesting lost
niStt ~ R9ye.oae Hall, Second street
Below PJp.sr street, The meeting did
No. adjourn till after M midnight Master
workman Gleason was absent, A
heetsd ditcu5sioa took place. in which
the action OF the ra.lrosd tfIioials was
denounced by some OF the msn, but no.
witastAndinH the hery speeches it was
decided that no mater what the cor.
veation ut Beading might agree to the
members OF the assembly would stick
to theis work.
The general feslin z among those pres
ent at the metting-.ome two hundred
in pumSei-was that while the men
had been unfairly treated BIZ the CON.
pany the strike had been 80 badly III an
aged that any further blind obedience
III ths mEttar was suicidal.
THE READIHG CONVENTION.
READING, Dec. 20 Two hundred
aud hity delegates, representing IT,,
Re sding Railroad and Goal and Iro,
Company's employees throughout tn,
territory covered by the Company
tracks, met here Tonight in spso!a
convention TO tAke into consideration
Important matters Affecting taeir inter
ests and their relations with the com
pany.
The burden Of those from the coal rs
g.ons was that the miners had grie v
anoes; that they considered tbenFelve
entitled to continuance of the 8 pc
cent. Increase, ard ttat they 9th
rnirars) would bs bound by the ACTOR
OF the convention. Tie majority OF ,b,
delegates present seemed 10 think tina
the strike on the railroad was for Ia,
m1st part over, and that the convention
should devote itself to doing the best 1
could for the miners unless the men il
this city should reconsider their fosne
action not to tteike and so out. II thi
Reading men became solid for strike
the belief was expressed that the oui
plcyes could give tho company yery
serlous trouble.
Up 10 q late hour to night the only
matter discussed by this convention
was the subject Of endorsing Chairman
Lees order calling the strike Oft, snt
then when ho learned of superintendent
Sweigard's treatment of the men OK
refusal to arbitrate ordering the strikI
on again. This was discussed withou
, action up to midnight. Chairman Ls,
/ Gays that there will be strike over th'
schuyikill and Wyoming regiorg o.
well ss on the Lehisb.
At midnight the Convention is still Ii
session, without having taken dehnit
action on any subject.
RLIzABETH, n. j., Dec, 80 -Worl
was resumed on the Reading docks thi
morning. The steamers d. Il Mariir
and Thomas Hunt arrived with II
men OF ell nationnlitie5, many 6rperl
eccsd coal handlers. They were n
|
mediateiy put TO work under the pre-
lection OF PiDkerton men. Sherii
Glseley has promised Superintendent
Wallace that he will see thst no vic
lspcs Is done. No one IL allowed o
tae docks, and the discharged employe
keef sloof.
/ Po1rsvILLE, Pa, Dec. 80 There hp
bean no change II the railroad silus
lion here today. All regular trstn
were running, and 60 blocked were tn
tracks with loaded coal trains goiD
down and empty ones coming to ID
mines that most Of the passenger trGt1
y ere delayed md arrived late. Ta
Local Assembly OF Knights of Labt
have been In seegion pretty much q
day, but nothing material WAS don
nnd the meeting appeared TO Os nerel
watching Developments.